1907. Appropriation. tion which shall be taught in the uniform system of public schools of Florida; to aid and encourage the establishment of public high schools and rural graded schools; to prescribe the conditions and to make appropriations therefor," be and the same is hereby amended to read as fol. lows: Sec. 12. That sixty-five thousand dollars ($65,000.00), or so much thereof as may be necessary, for each of the school years beginning July 1st, 1907, and July 1st, 1908, be and the same is hereby appropriated out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to carry out the provisions of this act, and the Comptroller is hereby authorized to draw warrants upon the State Treasurer for such amounts upon the order of the State Board of Education. Sec. 2. This act shall take effect July 1st, 1907. State aid. Proviso. CHAPTER 5654-(No. 59). AN ACT To Provide for State Aid for Public Schools in this State and to Prescribe Conditions and to Make Appropriations therefor. Be it Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: Section 1. That every public school in this State maintaining an average daily attendance of eighty (80) per centum of the average monthly enrollment in such school during the regular term, as now provided for by law, shall receive aid from the State in a sum sufficient in each case to maintain such school for two (2) months, in addition to the regular term of such school; Provided, That no school now or hereafter receiving aid from the State under the provisions of Chapter 5382 of the Laws of Florida, or any en-actment thereof, shall be entitled to the benefits of this act. Sec. 2. In order to receive aid as provided in Section one (1) of this act, the County Superintendent of Public Instruction of the County in which the school, or schools, 1907. entitled to receive the same may be located, shall, within twenty (20) days after the expiration of the regular term of such school, file with the State Board of Education a County Supt. to file report. certified copy of the reports of such school, showing the average daily attendance, upon such form as may be provided by the State Board of Education. Upon receipt of such report, the State Board of Education, if satisfied that all conditions have been fully complied with, shall make requisition upon the State Comptroller for Requisitions. the amount due such school, under the provisions of this act. tion, etc. Sec. 3. That sixty thousand dollars ($60,000.00) or 80 Appropriamuch thereof as may be necessary for each of the school years beginning July 1st, 1907, and July 1st, 1908, be, and the same is, hereby appropriated to carry out the provisions of this act; and the Comptroller is hereby authorized to draw warrants upon the State Treasurer for such amounts, upon the order of the State Board of Education. Sec. 4. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this act are hereby repealed. Approved May 22, 1907. CHAPTER 5655-(No. 60). AN ACT To Make an Appropriation to Secure a Better Whereas, Chapter 5384, Laws of Florida, known as the Whereas, The traveling expenses incident to an attendance upon these schools are in many cases very large on account of the distance traveled; therefore, Be it Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: Section 1. That in order to secure a better attendance upon Teachers' Summer Training Schools, the sum of 1907. Appropriation. Proviso. Eligibility. Transporta two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500.00) for the year 1907 and two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500.00) for the year 1908, or so much thereof as may be necessary be, and the same is hereby appropriated out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to defray the traveling expenses of attendants upon these Teachers' Summer Training Schools under the conditions prescribed in Section 2 of this act, and under such further regulations as the State Board of Education may elect; Provided, That should the amounts appropriated prove insufficient for the purposes for which same are appropriated, the said amounts may be prorated. Sec. 2. All teachers or prospective teachers above the age of sixteen years, who will make an affidavit to the State Superintendent in writing to the effect that they intend to teach in the public schools of the State of Florida for at least one year, are eligible to receive a sum equal to the amount of the cost of railroad and tion one way. steamship fare one way over the distance actually traveled to the nearest Teachers' Summer Training School from the place of their residence; Provided, Such residence is within the State of Florida. Provided, That no expenses shall be allowed teachers living in the counties where these schools are located. Proviso. Sec. 3. The Comptroller is hereby authorized to draw warrants upon the requisition of the State Superintendent of Public Instruction for the amounts appropriated in Section 1 of this act. Sec. 4. All laws or parts of laws in conflict with the provisions of this act are hereby repealed. Sec. 5. This act shall go into effect upon its passage and approval by the Governor. Approved May 25, 1907. CHAPTER 5656-(No. 61). AN ACT To Amend Section Three Hundred and Fortyfour of the General Statutes of the State of Florida, the Same being Relative to the Compensation of the Members of County School Boards. Be it Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: Section 1. That Section Three Hundred and Forty four of the General Statutes of the State of Florida be amended so as to read as follows: "Sec. 344. Compensation of Members of County School Board. The members of the various County School Boards shall be paid from the county school fund for their services four dollars per day, for each day's service, and ten cents per mile for every mile actually traveled in going to and from the county court house by the nearest practicable route." Sec. 2. That all laws or parts of laws in conflict herewith are hereby repealed. Sec. 3. That this act shall become a law upon its passage and approval by the Governor. Approved May 27, 1907. 1907. CHAPTER 5657-(No. 62). AN ACT Providing State Aid Further Than the One Mill Be it Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: tion. Section 1. That the sum of forty thousand dollars is Appropriahereby appropriated annually for the school years beginning July 1st, 1907, and July 1st, 1908, for the purpose of aiding and encouraging common school of this State 1907. Apportioned by Comptroller. To be expended in lengthenig terms. Proviso. When available. Affidavits required of which do not receive State aid under the existing laws, except the one mill State School Tax. Said sum shall be apportioned by the Comptroller to the several counties of the State on January 1st, 1908, and January 1st, 1909, upon a basis of the taxable value of all property in the counties respectively. Sec. 2. It shall be the duty of the School Boards or Trustees of the several counties of the State to expend the amounts received by their counties respectively under Section one of this act in lengthening the terms of the common schools throughout their counties which do not receive benefit of State aid otherwise provided, except the State one mill tax, and they shall not use said appropriations for any other purpose whatsoever; Provided, The extension of term shall not exceed one month from State Aid herein provided, and any surplus amount over and above sufficient to maintain such schools for one month shall be held and used only for equipping, repairing and furnishing such schools receiving the benefit of this act. Sec. 3. The County School Board shall use no part of this fund until the expiration of the term maintained by the county, then when warrants are issued upon said fund the Chairman of the Board shall make an affidavit stating that the warrant or warrants are issued for an extension of the term in addition to the regular term and for no other purpose except for the purposes provided for in this act. If any Chairman of the County School Board shall make a false affidavit, or use or attempt to use Chairman of the funds herein provided for any purpose otherwise than that for which appropriated, he shall be removed and prosecuted for making a false affidavit. That before the County Treasurer shall pay or authorize the payment of any warrant upon the fund herein provided, which be shall hold as a special fund, he shall have the affidavit from the Chairman of the County School Board as above required, and if he pays out any amount from said fund without such affidavit, he shall be removed for such violation of the law. Board. Conflicting laws. Sec. 4. All laws or parts of laws in conflict with the provisions of this act be, and the same are hereby repealed. |